The status of pelvic supporting organs in a population of Iranian women 18 - 68 years of age and possible related factors

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 124-128

  Garshasbi, Ahia ^a   Faghih Zadeh, Soghrat ^a   Falah, Nader ^b  

^a SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Pelvic organ prolapse; Quantification system; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MENOPAUSE; PARITY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CESAREAN SECTION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 33645768562     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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